Misbah slams fastest Test century 56 - Number of balls in which Misbah-ul-Haq got his century - the fastest, in terms of deliveries, equaling Viv Richards. 74 - Number of minutes in which Misbah got to his hundred, the second-fastest in terms of time.* Australias Jack Gregory scored a century in 70 minutes against South Africa in 1921. 1 - Number of times that the opposition captain has scored twin hundreds in a Test against Australia - Misbah is the first. Misbah is only the second Pakistan captain, after Inzamam-ul-Haq, to score twin Test hundreds. 21 - Number of balls in which Misbah got to his fifty - a record. The previous fastest fifty in Test cricket was by Jacques Kallis, off 24 balls, against Zimbabwe, in Cape Town, in 2005. 24 - Number of minutes in which Misbah got to fifty, also a record. The previous record holder was Mohammad Ashraful, who scored a fifty in 27 minutes, against India, in Mirpur in 2007. 2 Number of instances where two batsmen from a team have scored twin hundreds in a Test. Misbah and Azhar scored two hundreds each in this Test. The only previous instance involved Greg Chappell and Ian Chappell, in Hamilton in 1974. There are two other instances of batsman from opposing teams scoring twin hundreds in a Test. Andrew Jones and Asanka Gurusinhna scored twin hundreds in Hamiton in 1991, as did Denis Compton and Arthur Morris during the fourth Ashes Test in 1947. • Misbah-ul-Haq has become the first ever captain/player to hit 2 tons in same Test match at age 40 or over. • Misbah-ul-Haq has hit 10 sixes against Australia in Test matches, the most by a Pakistani player against Aus, beating Miandad (9). • Misbah-ul-Haq has become the 2nd Pakistan Test captain after Inzamam-ul-Haq (vs Eng at Faisalabad 2005) to hit two 100s in same Test. • 77 SIXES by Misbah-ul-Haq as captain in INTL, a record by any Pakistan captain in INTL matches, beating Imran Khan (76). • 34 SIXES by Misbah-ul-Haq as Test captain, a record by any Pakistan captain in Tests, beating Imran Khan (33 sixes).
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